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Question time with the DVSA
In a ‘Question time with the DVSA’ session at the Freight Transport Association’s Transport Manager autumn conference series, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will be answering transport managers’ most...
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Interview
A Day in the Life … Matthew Terry
...sound of one of my four children! THE FIRST THING I DO IS… Look in on all the children, at this time they are all hopefully still asleep. Then I...
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Irish households urged to ‘spring clean’ their home heating
...improvements to make: Adjust your heating timers: If you made changes to your timers over winter, it’s a good idea to check the heating still only comes on when you...
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Launch of CODAS Fleet will help reduce transport costs
CODAS has launched CODAS Fleet, its flagship mapping and routing solution, bringing automated, optimised, entire fleet scheduling to CODAS, dramatically simplifying the route planning process, saving time and reducing costs....
Opinion
Truck drivers and cyclists: essential safety advice
At time of writing we are in ‘Road Safety Week 2020’, the UK’s biggest road safety event, which is coordinated annually by Brake, the road safety charity. Designed to stimulate...
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NI oil stocks starting to replenish after high demand saw supplies run low
...left us short of product. “In normal circumstances, the ‘just in time’ delivery service from Milford Haven has worked well for NI consumers’ but this year we are seeing products...
Insight
The changing world of the oil trader
...mt, which exceeds the combined inland oil demand of Germany, France and Italy. Looked at from another perspective, it represents almost four times the UK’s 2012 inland oil consumption! Tougher...
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Lloyds Bank fuels north Essex supplier’s growth
...contracts. “We are celebrating our hundredth anniversary this year, which is a great time for us to take stock of all that has been achieved since our beginnings at the...
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In Profile with Kiran Shaw of IFC Inflow
...of our time? Climate change is the big one, but there is also a big challenge for us to be in control of our technology and not for the technology...
Opinion
Industry support for sustainable aviation fuel mandates
...CEO Elizabeth de Jong commented: “This is an exciting time for SAFs in this country and we hope today’s announcement will see SAF development begin to take place at scale...
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The winning ways of trucks
...Fleet Truck of the Year for a record-breaking 11th time, Volvo continues to strive to cut the number of rear-end impacts. Ray Ashworth, managing director of DAF Trucks UK said:...
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Investors welcome Shell net zero emissions plan
...our economies, these are extraordinary times,” he said. “Yet even at this time of immediate challenge, we must also maintain the focus on the long term. “Society’s expectations have shifted...
Interview
Crown Oil – delivering carbon neutrality as it celebrates 75 years
...government has set a goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Businesses have a responsibility to do their bit to help reduce the effects of climate change. “Times are...
Interview
An interview with Raphael Hüttman, managing director, Mabanaft
...demand and very intense competition. It is a challenging time for the industry. What has Mabanaft done in response to market conditions? We looked at the locations we were in,...
Opinion
A New Year’s wish for joined up thinking for fuel distribution
...Europe, this is welcome news. At the time of writing, eligible homes must be in council tax bands A to D. This excludes many rural homes using heating oil as...
News
February 2016 update
...bounteous harvest of oil (4th largest producer in the world) ready to overwhelm the market further. But at the same time, we now have a concurrent narrative around slackening demand....
Insight
Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...organisation’s history, with the UK’s contribution being 4.4 million barrels. At the same time, on 31st March, the USA announced a 180 million barrel drawdown over 6 months from its...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world
...we don’t have to delay and make it more expensive. As one politician said – “WOW, this is a complete no-brainer”. Working together in changing times However, the problem with...